[syslog-ng] syslog-ng service not starting

[Evan Rempel]

Something else is listening on port 443 and is "geting to the port first"

sudo /usr/sbin/lsof | grep LISTEN | grep -w https

you should get something like 

httpd      5196  apache    4u     IPv4   19969357      0t0        TCP smew.comp.uvic.ca:https (LISTEN)

That wil lbe the process that is "using" the port.

If nothing shows up then a different process of trouble shooting will need to be taken.

Evna.

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From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of James McDonald [jmcdonald at LCE.com]
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 8:33 AM
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng service not starting

There are other syslog-ng servers configured this way in our environments
but I am only having problems with this particular one.  Does anyone have
any other suggestions?  I tried rebooting to clear any connections and
re-establish a new one, but I still get the error after a reboot.  I tested
restarting the service on another syslog-ng server and it worked fine.

-----Original Message-----
From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
[mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Sandor Geller
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 11:13 AM
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng service not starting

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:00 PM, James McDonald <jmcdonald at lce.com> wrote:
> I returned from being out of the office for week and realized
> something was "off" with syslog-ng.  I was unable to restart the
> service.  I did a 'service syslog-ng status' and it says it's stopped.
> When I try 'service syslog-ng start' I get the following error:
>
>
>
> Error binding socket; addr='AF_INET(0.0.0.0:443)', error='Address
> already in use (98)'

listening on port 443 is unusual for syslog, usually https servers are bound
to it so you should check / update your config
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